Achievement

A group of students poses for a photo with their professor.

Nov. 15, 2024

Shuangyu Xu, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, receives the Golden Apple Award

Xu, the only professor of tourism in the School of Natural Resources, received the award to acknowledge her teaching excellence.
An award ceremony.

Oct. 28, 2024

Dean Daubert Awarded Honorary American FFA Degree

Christopher Daubert, Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, was selected to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree.
Leah Gastonguay poses in a field wearing a gold Mizzou shirt and a tan hat.

Oct. 10, 2024

CAFNR graduate student receives sustainable agriculture grant

Leah Gastonguay, Ph.D. student in Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences (emphasis in Entomology), along with her advisor, Debbie Finke, professor of Plant Science and Technology, was awarded $19,792 for the project, "Companion Planting to Optimize Beneficial Insect Ecosystem Services in Pepper Cropping Systems."

Oct. 2, 2024

Five CAFNR faculty members named as highly ranked scholars

Three faculty members in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, one in the Division of Animal Sciences, and a professor emeritus from Biochemistry, all in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, have been named to the list of Highly Ranked Scholars on ScholarGPS. Scholars listed include: John Boyer, Distinguished Research Professor, Plant Science and Technology Ron Mittler, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Plant Science and Technology Henry Nguyen, Professor, Plant Science and Technology R. Michael Roberts, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry Tom Spencer, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Animal Sciences Highly Ranked Scholars™ are the most productive (number of publications) authors whose…
Henry T. Nguyen smiling.

Oct. 2, 2024

Plant Science & Technology Professor named to Borlaug Training Foundation Board

The Borlaug Training Foundation (BTF) is an independent, non-profit corporation.
A student in an FFA jacket poses for a portrait.

Sep. 23, 2024

Watkins selected as National FFA Officer Candidate

CAFNR student Morgan Watkins will represent Missouri FFA at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 23-26.
Vice Chancellor and Dean Daubert smiling

Sep. 3, 2024

Vice chancellor and dean Christopher Daubert takes over as IFT president

Christopher Daubert, vice chancellor and dean, became the 85th president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), effective Sept. 1, 2024.
A view of the Missouri River from above. The river is bending to the left with a heavy, green treeline to the right. The sun is setting in colors of orange and yellow at the horizon.

June 6, 2024

Mizzou Water Center receives more than $700,000 in EPA seed grant funding

Cross-disciplinary researchers to look at water quality issues through eight research and education projects
Ron Mittler

April 30, 2024

Mittler named AAAS Fellow for recognition of contributions to field of plant stress

The Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology was one of five Fellows from Mizzou this spring
A man with dark hair, brown eyes, and black-rimmed glasses in a black t-shirt with a Mizzou athletic tiger emblem on it stands in front of a public art sculpture in the bond Life Sciences building. He is smiling and leaning on a railing

April 25, 2024

David Mendoza-Cózatl named Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies

David Mendoza-Cózatl named Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies